Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 159, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1915 — Page 1

No. 159.

Tonight AT THE Gayety « V" ’ The famous Sandor Brothers The world’s greatest Equilibrists. You will see something this evening hard to beat. Specialy high grade pictures for band concert night. 5 and 10c.

New Store Front For Hamill & Co. to Arrive.

Hamill & Co., who are to occupy the room formerly occupied by the Model Clothing Store, expect the new front for the store Friday of th : s week. It will be installed at once, probably being finished by Saturday night. Hamill & Co. is composed of Ora Hamill, of Monticello, and Henry Weissenbach, of Columbus, Ohio. Their stock of goods has been ordered and will arrive here the last of th? month. It will consist of seasonable gents’ furnishing goods and the clothing will be fall stock. The store will be managed by Earl Ticen, of Frankfort, who will be assisted for a month or so by Mr. Weissenbach. Mr. Hamill was over from Monticello today making arrangements for the installation of the new front.

Postmaster Littlefield Gets Raise in Salary.

Postmaster Littlefield is one of the 71 postmasters in Indiana to receive a raise in salary from Postmaster General Burleson. He will receice $2,200, which is an increase of SIOO over his yearly salary before this month. The increase is based upon the satisfactory showing made by the office since March 21st last. The postmaster at Monticello will also receive $2,200. The salaries of 23 postmasters in the state were reduced owing to the decrease in business ait their offices.

To meet the harvest we have stocked with a large supply of twine and a large number of extra binders. HAMILTON & KELLNER.

If your car looks tough that’s your business If you want it cleaned that’s my business. Hugh Kirk Program at the Rex Theatre F»r Week B«tiiilU Jily Ith • Wednesday, July 7th. “From Headquarters,” a Vitagraph secret service drama, three parts. “A Broadway Star Feature,” Earl Williams and Anita Stewart. Thursday, July Bth. “The Fork in the Road,” a Selig drama, two parts. “Mr. Jan Brings Home a Turkey,” Vitagraph comedy, one part. Friday, July 9th. “In the Dragon’s Claws,” a Lubin drama, two parts. “And Then It Happened,” a Selig comedy, one part. <■' Saturday, July 10th, Afternoon and Evening. * A five part extra special—“ The Fairy and the Waif.” Tuesday’s and Saturday’s, special programs at 10c admission. We have booked some very heavy and worthy star productions for the near futfire of a magnitude no man* ager has yet ventured only on a percentage basis. Can we do it? Watch for The Fairy and the Waif; Chocolate Sohfier; The Hoosier Schoolmaster; Mignon; Protea; Dollar Mark; Jimmy Valentine; The Key to Yesterday; More Than a Queen; Salambo; The Kangaroo; The Fifth Commandment; America; The Butterfly; and many others. See them at The Rex.

The Evening Republican.

FIVE GOOD TRUSTEES NAMED FOR HOSPITAL

Important Institution Given Encouragement by Board of Commissioners Tuesday. Frank E. Lewis, of Kersey; Charles H. Peck, of Remington; Jesse D. Allman, Edward P. Honan and Louis H. Hamilton, of Rensselaer, were named as a board of trustees to handle the proposed hospital building and management. They were appointed Tuesday by the board of commissioners. That the hospital is to be provided for is settled, although the board made no order at this meeting to provide the funds. The Round Table Club will give its monthly party Thursday evening, July Bth, at the home of Dr. and Mrs. H. J. Kannal, who will be assisted In the entertaining by Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Long and Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Murray. John McCurtain was taken to the asylum today for treatment. He seems entirely rational but admits that he is a “little off” at times and that he thinks the treatment there will do him good. John has had a lot of trouble during recent months and seems to have brought it all on himself by his abuse of his wife and family, who live at Parr. Mrs. Ernest Cock Tell was taken to the asylum several days ago. The price of wheat has declined and we are giving you the benefit of same. Monogram Flour $1.75; White Star Flour $1.65. Your money back if you want it.—Rowles & Parker. “Alex.” came back. The effectiveness of advertising was again demonstrated for scarcely was The Republican telling of the loss of Night Officer Critser’s dog on the street before we learned that Alex, had returned to his owner safe and sound and happy to get back. Just where he had been no one seems to know, but he was abset for five days and it began to look as though he was permanently missing when he suddenly appeared as mysteriously as he had left Officer Critser is very happy, for he found it lonesome during the night rounds without his dog. ; Alex, will be back on the job again and will help make it unpleasant for any evil doers. '

We were temporarily out of White Star flour but have received our car which was a trifle delayed in transit. Guaranteed old wheat and guaranteed to please you, $1.65 per sack.— Rawles & Parker.

Lewis Nichols 1 • . for Groceries or a Good Meal Phone 296 Opposite Babcock & Hopkins Elevator

MiT—.i-. > a DON’T KICK ON YOUR PLUMBING BILL If you employ plumbers who do not understand their business—that’s your fault If they don’t know how to do a job they have to figure out Home way to put the work together at your expense. We Know How Because we have not had only the necessary technical training, but the difficult practical work we have had enables us to meet every emergency and get the job completed quickly. That’s why our bills are lesi. Watson Plumbing Company Hmm sh Inudsu, Ind.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA. WEDNESDAY, JULY 7, 1915.

County Board of Education To Investigate Lamson Charges.

County Superintendent Lamson with copies of The Republican spread before him indulged in explanations of the various articles assailing him as incompetent and unfair when the county board of education met at his office Tuesday afternoon. The editor of The Republican happened into the office when Mr. Lamson was reading sections of the published articles and notes were made of the explanation he offered in several instances and will be published in a later issue. In two cases his defense seemed to be sufficient to exonerate him. One of these was the statement in this paper that he had been paid money by trustees for agricultural books. The law reads as follows: “Any county superintendent may be impeached for immorality, incompetency, or general neglect of duty, or for acting as agent of any text book, school furniture, maps, charts, or other school supplies and such impeachment proceedings shall in all things be governed by the provisions of law now in force for impeaching county officers.” The agricultural publications which Mr. Lamson sold to the trustees were purchased of the Webb Publishing Co., and the correspondence between Lamson and the company showed that the sets about soils and soil fertility and field crops were to be supplied at $2.20 each. Mr. Lamson showed the cancelled checks in amounts of $46.20 and $72.60. Also that he had been paid by the trustees on the basis of $2.20 per set, thus being reimbursed just the same amount he had paid out. He alsp showed that the trustees had at a meeting previous to the time the books were ordered authorized him to ascertain the cost and make the purchases, which he did. Although there was nothing in the transaction to show that he had profited in any manner by it, the law prohibits him acting in that capacity and he was technically guilty of violating the law. The other instance in which he justified himself was in the employment of Miss Grace Hoefgen -to complete the Aix school. Miss Hoefgen had taught successfully for some three years in Walker township and was recommended by Trustee Salrin and it was desirable to secure a teacher of experience at the Aix school, according to Trustee Hammerton, of Union township, and Miss Hoefgen was employed. Mr. Lamson stated that he believed she had been originally brought to the county through an agency but that the 5 per cent prevailed only for the first year and this was her third year and consequently the charge that she paid 5 per cent was not true. Miss Hoefgen, who is now Mrs. H. B. Brown, of Kniman, writes The Republican that she was never an agency teacher. During the course of his discussion Mr. Lamson looked around and observed the editor of The Republican making notes and he questioned the right of the editor in his office. The editor asserted his right to be there and suggested to Mr. Lamson that he appeal his opinion to the members of the board. It apparently dawned upon him at that time that being county superintendent does not give him the ownership of the courthouse and he made no further objection. The editor of The Republican then stated that it was his opinion that every record in the office of the county superintendent was just as much a public record as any in the offices of the auditor, treasurer, clerk or recorder and indicated that he expected to conduct an investigation through the records in that office. Mr. Lamson made no reply. An adjournment was taken and the editor had other business to look after and did not attend the later session of the board. A committee composed of Trustee Wood, of Marion towpship; Trustee Keen, of Wheatfield township, and Trustee Porter, of Carpenter township, was appointed to interview the editor of The Republ'can and a conference was held at The Republican office. It was proposed that a meeting be called for Monday afternoon, July 12tK, to investigate the charges made and any additional evidence of incompetency and this was determined upon. There will be called to the office of Mr. lamson at that time a number of per Sons from over Jasper county who will support the charges, presented in several articles in this paper. Among those who will appear will be L. H. Hamilton, B. D. Comer and other representative citizens.

Information has been received that Prof. C. M. Sharp, of Springfield, Ohio, who has been the successful principal of the Rensselaer schools for the part three years, has been troubled a great deal since the close of the schools with his eyes and that their condition may prevent him from teaching the coming year. Mr. Sharp was ably filling his position and the board is holding the place open for him, pending more information about his condition. -We Pried AbjMc farAnybody.*

AUTO TRIP TO COAST FOR GEO. M. MYERS

General Manager of Jasper County Telephone Co. Leaves in Buick For Exposition. Driving his Buick “six”, Geo. M. Myers, president and general manager of the Jasper County Telephone Co., left Tuesday morning for a trip to the Pacific coast. Misses Pearl Comer and Ruth Bott accompanied Mr. Myers to Chicago and will visit friends there for several days, Miss Comer visiting her sister, Miss Jennie at Wesley hospital. Mr. Myers will be accompanied by Mrs. Best, who has spent some time in Rensselaer, and two other friends from Chicago. They will go to Kewanna, 111., where they will be joined by a large number of others who will make the trip with them to Yellow J stone Park and San Francisco. It is understood that one hundred in all will take the auto trip in their party. Other frieds of Mr. Myers left Chicago a few days before his party and will join them at Yellowstone Park, making the trip with them to San Francisco and the exposition. They will visit Denver, Salt Lake City and other interesting places and return by a southern route. The large number of cars that are to go from Kewanna will not return the same way that Mr. Myers and party do. He plans to be gone until the first of September or longer. He expects to reach Yellowstone Park the latter part of next week.

Chicago Auto Party In Accident Near Monticello.

A party of Chicago tourists, consisting of three men, two women and a baby, narrowly escaped death Sunwhen when the new Reo in which they were riding, skidded and went into the ditch a half mile north of Yeoman. The , party, who .would not give their names, were returning to Chicago from Frankfort when the car went into the ditch, probably due to a defective steering gear, and all the occupants pinned beneath. The driver extricated himself and then released the rest of the party. His efforts were exerted none too soon, as the car was soon a mass of flames. The driver sustained a broken ankle by the accident and the baby was slightly bruised, but otherwise none of the party were injured.

July 4th Accidents Take 12 Lives in U. S.

Statistics of the July 4th celebrations this year show that 12 were killed and 350 injured by explosions. Chicago led other large cities in the death role with only one death. The number of deaths over the county this year almost reaches the number of last year but the number of accidents does not near come up to the number of last year. The lowest number of deaths before this year was in 1914, when 14 were killed. There were 382 injured the same year. In 1908 there were 56 deaths and 1,899 injured and in 1909 there were 44 deaths and 2,361 injured.

Tonight’s Band Concert Program.

Federal Ball League, March. Overture, Orion. Waltz, Forget Me Not. Moszkowski’s Serenade. My Croony Melody. America, Selection. Chimes of Normandy. The Merrimac.

New Bus Line to Mt. Ayr and Morocco.

We have started an auto bus line to run between Rensselaer and Morocco by way of Mt. Ayr. The bus will start each morning at Mr. Ayr at 8 o’clock for Morocco, meeting the 8:49 Indiana Harbor train, leaving Morocco upon the arrival of the train, arriving at Rensselaer in time > for the 10 :36 southbound train. The bus will leave Rensselaer at 1 p. m. for Mt. Ayr and Morocco, returning to Rensselaer at 5:30 in time for the evening trains. Rensselaer starting point, Makeever House. 75c fare between any two stations. w A. P. HUNTNGTON, F. A. Standish, Driver.

Fresh fish at Osborne’s.

Electrical Work Leo Mecklenburg PHONE 621. Estimates on all jobs. I have finished a course in electrical engineering, especially qualifying me for the work and will guarantee satisfaction in all work done.

Trustee Kolhoff Buys a Fine New School Hack.

John Kolhoff, trustee of Jordan township, has purchased for the use pf some consolidated schools of his township a fine new school wagon of the Wayne School pattern. It is' supplied with a Miller heater, a small .stove that sits beneath the floor of the car. The wagon is made to carry from 16 to 18 pupils besides the driver and all are enclosed from the cold, but provision is made for ventilation. Trustee Kolhoff has decided to abandon the Reed and Raymond schools and to haul the pupils from those districts to the Union school. He may also decide to move the Bullis school house to the Union location and have two rooms, with two teachers. The plan, he believes, will work out very advantageously. The new wagon cost $l9O and is first-class in every respect and was on exhibit Tuesday afternoon when the board of education met

Honey Creek Township Trustee Visited Rensselaer.

Levi Reynolds, trustee of Honey Creek township, White county, attended the meeting of the Jasper county board of education Tuesday afternoon and informs the writer that the new township school at Reynolds is proving very satisfactory. The town of Reynolds is in Honey Creek township and it has a population of 393 according to the census of five years ago. There were 42 pupils in the high school the past year and four teachers in the high school. Of four graduates this year who took the examination for teachers’ license three had passed, atlhough one of them had to take the examination three times. This is the first year of the high school.

Commissioners and Auditor Dined at the County Farm.

A platter of fried chicken stacked as high as the pieces would hold on was the center dish at a fine dinner served at the county farm Tuesday by Mrs. Jesse Nichols, the matron. County Commissioners Welch, Makeever and Marble and County Auditor and Mrs. Hammond were the guests and they never were seated at a table where there was a finer dinner served. The commissioners make a monthly visit to the county farm and if the dinner they get each time is as large and appetizing as the one served Tuesday then their wives should get a rest for several days following the meeting.

Just received another car Monogram flour. Guaranteed old wheat. The flour with the money-back guarantee, $1.75 per sack.—Rawles & Parker.

An artistic harvest of musical sounds in every French & Sons and Schiller pianos and player pianos. Buy the best if you can afford it We will make it easy for you to own one. Piano and organ tuning and repairing, 32 years factory experience. All work guaranteed. Leave orders at the store, 2 doors north of Rowles & Parker’s Store. Phone 566. HERMAN R. LANGE & SON

Band Concert Special All day Wednesday and Wednesday night till nine o’clock we will give 16 pounds granulated sugar for one dollar, with a dollars worth of other groceries not including sugar or flour. I All Orders C.O. D. on Delivery bf Goods. Phone2o2 ROWEN & KISER. |

FRANK HOLT COMMITS SUICIDE IN CELL

Man Who Attempted to Take Life of J. P. Morgan, Takes Owa Life la Unknown Manner. *

Frank Holt, the num who made an unsuccessful attempt to take the life of J. P. Morgan last Saturday, and who confessed to having put the bomb in the capital, committed suicide in an unknown manner Tuesday night. After a loud report Holt’s cell was visited and he was found lying in a ppol of blood. There were many conflicting reports as to the manner in which Holt met his death, but it was difinitely established by the jail physician that Holt died of a fractured

skull. Several jail authorities declared that Holt had killed himself by climbing through the opening at the top of his cell and plunging to the court below. Holt’s keeper said he was positive that the prisoner was killed in his own cell where the body was found. No weapons were found in Halt’s cell. The coroner said that death was undoubtedly caused by the naan jumping. The loud report heard just before Holt was found is believed to have been caused by boards falling from the top of the cell. Earlier in the day Holt had made an attempt at suicide which caused him the loss of much blood. He took the rubber from a pencil and .then with his teeth bit the metal into a sharp point. With this he made a jagged cut in his wrist but failed to reach the artery. Holt had been so weak from loss of blood that his death was not a great surprise. A note was found in his cell to his wife which warned her to “bring up the dear children in fear of God and man.” Holt has not yet been identified as Erich Muenter, the Harvard professor who killed his wife in 1906, but many say the resemblance is very marked. Holt’s last confession was that he had only begun the damage which he had planned to do. Many other buildings were labeled to be the victims of his bombs. Other marked buildings were the New York public library and the capital buildings at Albany, N. Y., and Harrisburg, Pa.

SAGE TEA PUTS LIFE AND COLOR IN HAIR

Don’t Stay Gray! It Darkens So - Naturally That Nobody Can TelL You can turn gray, faded hair beautifully dark and lustrous almost over night if you’ll get a 50 cent bottle of “Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur Compound” at any drug store. Millions of bottles of this old, famous Sage Tea Recipe are sold annually, says a well-known druggist here, because it darkens the hair so naturally and evenly that no one can tell it has been applied. Those whose hair is turning gray, becoming faded, dry, scraggly and thin have a surprise awaiting them, because after one or two applications the gray hair vanishes and your locks become luxuriantly dark and beautiful—all dandruff goes, scalp itching and falling hair stops. This is the age of youth. Grayhaired, unattractive folks aren’t wanted around, so get busy with Wyeth’s Sage and Sulphur tonight and you’ll be delighted with your dark, handsome hair and your youthful appearance within a few days.

Notice to Rebekahs and Odd Fellows. There will be a picnic on the lawn of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Hoyes, on the afternoon and evening of Tuesday, July 13th, and aU Rebekahs, Odd Fellows and members of the Camp are invited. —Florence Gorham, Noble Grand. If you are interested in quality you will appreciate our stock of buggies. —Hamilton & Kellner.

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